Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-11-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would have been a good idea when these programs were being written. > It doesn't seem at all worthwhile to endure a transition of existing > software for the marginal aesthetic benefits. Agreed. I see no point in even discussing this, consi

Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:53:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > "Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * bash reads and writes a number of files in ~/ (.bash_profile, > > .bashrc, .bash_history) > > * there are several directories related to GNOME (at least ~/.gnome2 >

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 05:59:18PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Note that new sarge installs should be basically /media compliant, > although I don't know if we have every subdir the FHS may require in > there. And we still have a /cdrom link to /media since some programs > (like apt) have not transi

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-11-03 Thread Rolf Kutz
* Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be > > placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a "dot > > directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start wit

Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-10-30 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:53:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > * bash reads and writes a number of files in ~/ (.bash_profile, > > .bashrc, .bash_history) > > * there are several directories related to GNOME (at least ~/.gnome2 > > and ~/.gnome2_private) > > * vim h

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:16:59 +0200, Nikolai Prokoschenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:46:47PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: >> > Speaking of which: there used to be some proposed addition to FHS >> > about re-locating all dot-files into ~/etc or some directory lik

$HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-10-29 Thread Frank Küster
"Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > 5)== > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > > user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a > > "dot fil

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-29 Thread Nikolai Prokoschenko
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:46:47PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > Speaking of which: there used to be some proposed addition to FHS about > > re-locating all dot-files into ~/etc or some directory like that. Does > > anybody know what happened to that? I'm aware of the problems (sharing >

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > 5)== > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a > "dot file"). If an application needs to create more than one dot file

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> Speaking of which: there used to be some proposed addition to FHS about > re-locating all dot-files into ~/etc or some directory like that. Does > anybody know what happened to that? I'm aware of the problems (sharing > $HOME over several different machines etc.), but but I'll be glad if the > me

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Travis Crump
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:53 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: paddy wrote: On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: 5)== User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's hom

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 28 October 2004 01.53, Joey Hess wrote: > paddy wrote: > > what about ~/Desktop and friends? > > I don't know if Desktop falls under the heading of being a configuration > file or directorty. Not that I much like that directory, but like > Maildir, it seems out of the scope of this FHS

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Stig Brautaset
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > User specific configuration files [...] > If an application needs to create more than one dot file then they > should be placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' ... > I have no idea if we comply, but this is a new requirement. S

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Nikolai Prokoschenko
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If Speaking of which: there used to be some proposed addition to FHS about r

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:53 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > paddy wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > 5)== > > > > > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are store

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
paddy wrote: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > 5)== > > > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > > > user's > > > home directory in a file that start

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread paddy
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > 5)== > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's > > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:07:57AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > 5)== > > > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > > > user'

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If > an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be > placed in a subdirectory with a name s

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > 5)== > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's > > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). > > If > >

Re: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-27 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > 5)== > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If > an application needs to create more than one dot file then th

Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1

2004-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have been trying to determin the changes in FHS 2.3 (as opposed to FHS 2.1 that we already follow) to see what changes have occurred. 1) === FHS 2.3 adds: == 3.3: Specific Options The following directories, or